Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution
IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS
1861 - The Tsar abolished Serfdom.
1883 - George Plekhanov formed the Russian Social Democratic Party.
1898 - The Russian Social Democratic Party split into two - the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks.
1904 - Outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war. Russia was defeated by Japan.
1905 - (a) Bloody Sunday - On 22nd January, a mass of people were fired at in St. Petersburg
while on their way to present a petition to the Tsar.
(b) The Tsar introduced the October Manifesto which granted freedom of speech, press and association
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